Improvement in racks for tiering barrels



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' Patentd Nov. 25, I879.

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fi Zm' Snares PATEN FREDERICK STITZEL, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 22 L945, dated November25, 1879; application filed August 22, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK S'rrrzm. of the city of Louisville, in thecounty of J efferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement in Racks for Tiering Barrels containing whiskyand other similar liquids; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

Figure l is a side view of the racks, show ing the manner of arrangingthem in the house. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the rack, showingthe barrels and projecting ledges of the rack on which they rest. Fig. 3is a perspective view of the racks, showing their general construction.

This my invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement inracks for tiering barrels containing whisky or other spirituous liquors,the object of which is to provide a portable rack or frame made insections that will be sufficiently strong to bear the weight of as manybarrels as may be tiered between the floors of the house without restingupon each other, thereby avoiding the danger of crushing the staves bythe weight, as each tier is made to rest on separate rails projecting onthe inside of the frame independent of the others, thereby causing afree circulation of air between the barrels, and at the same time makingit easy to remove any of the barrels in the lower tiers withoutinterfering with those above or below. These racks are made of squarepieces of timber of suitable size, consisting, first, of four poststenoned into two cross-pieces as a base, sufficiently wide apart toadmit a barrel endwise loosely, to the illside of whichthreeflhorizontal rails are secured, leaving sufficient space to permita barrel to pass between them without touching the one above it. Theserails are let into the inside of the posts about one -third of theirbreadth, leaving the remainder to project, so as to answer as a ledgefor the barrrels to rest upon. Inorder to secure them firmly to theposts, bolts are provided long enough to pass through the entire frameat each connection,

with collars or screw-nuts on the inside and nuts on the outside, whichhold them firmly, and also answer as a means of connecting and holdingthe parts of the frame rigidly in position. 7

This my invention will be more fully illustrated in detail in sectionalviews, Figs. 1 and 2, and perspective view, Fig. 3, of the drawings, inwhich A represents the wall, and B Bthe floors of the house. 0 U aresections of the joists. D D are the cross-pieces or base of therack-frame. which are made of square timber of suitable size, the lowerends of which are tenoned into the base-blocks D, with short tenons H Hon the upper ends, which enter a corresponding mortise in the under sideof the base-blocks D to hold them in place when one frame is placed uponanother. F F are the horizontal rails of the rack, which are made ofsquare or slightly flat pieces of timber, notched'or let into the insideof the posts E about one-third of their size, leaving the remainder toproject to answer as a ledge for the barrels to rest upon, and aresecured firmly to the posts by means of bolts through the entire frameat each joint,

with collars or screwnuts on the inside and.

nuts on the outside, which hold the frame firmly, and also answer as ameans for connecting the parts and holding the frame perfectly rigidwhile in use. G G are the barrels in the racks, and H H are tenons ontop of the posts. J J are thelbolts that connect and hold the frame.These bolts may be made either with nuts or collars on the inside, butwith screwnuts on the outside, or, if more convenient, screw'nuts may beused on both sides.

Although the above-named racks are intended to be made in independentsections for the purpose of rendering them portable, and more especiallyadapted to ordinary warehouses, when necessary, as in the ease of largestore-houses, such as are now used by the revenue department fordistillers, the stories of which are generally comparatively low, theseracks may be enlarged, built in, and connected with the building in anyman-' ner most suitable, with passways between, for convenience inremoving the barrels, or their proper. ventilation while in the racks.

Having thus described the nature and ob- E E are the upright posts,

racks for tiering' barrels isject of this my invention, what I claim asand baseblocks D D,provided with mortises new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, in substantially as herein described, and for thepurpose set forth.

The horizontal rails F FF, When made to FREDERICK STITZEL. project toanswer as a ledge for the barrels to Witnesses: rest upon, as abovedescribed, in combination '0. HEWITT,

with the posts E E, bolts J J, teuons H H, FRANK PARDON.

